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Neutron reflectivity study of phase separation in polymer-drug thin films
Nearly 40% of new chemical entries are poorly water-soluble. Drug encapsulation into water-soluble polymers is an active research area owing to the ability of improving drug... -
Study of Pressure Induced Ferromagnetic to Antiferromagnetic Phase Transition...
Ce-based Kondo lattice systems present exotic behavior due to the competing RKKY, Kondo and crystal field interactions. The Kondo lattice CeRuPO, crystallizing in the famous... -
Neutron diffraction studies of nano-diamond particles
Nano-diamond particles are synthesised by detonation of TNT and Hexogen, resulting in a shockwave which produces diamond nanoparticles with an average size of around 5 nm,... -
Cation coordination and oxide ion vacancy distribution in tetravalent substit...
Oxide ion conductors based on bismuth oxide based have recently been demonstrated as viable alternatives to traditional electrolytes for intermediate temperature solid oxide... -
Magnetic order in the highly frustrated S=1/2 kagome antiferromagnet haydeeit...
Quantum spin liquids (QSL) are new and exotic states of matter that in 2 dimensions were proposed by Anderson to underpin the transition to unconventional superconductivity of... -
Neutron Diffraction study of Highly Frustrated SrEr2O4
We propose to measure the neutron diffraction pattern of a single crystal sample of SrEr2O4, using the WISH diffractometer. As the magnetic Er ions in this compound are linked... -
Magnetic phase diagram of supermagnetic nanostructures in Fe-Ag thin films.
Nanogranular thin films of FexAg100-x (x=7,15,35) are an excellent system to study the interplay between the nanostructure and the magnetic behaviour, which is triggered by the... -
The effect of interphase elemental partitioning on the lattice misfit of high...
New superalloys with higher temperature capability are required for more efficient gas turbine engines in civil aviation. Recent research has identified that alloys with... -
Local Structure in Neodymium Doped Ceria
Doped cerias are currently being used as oxide ion conducting electrolyte materials in solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). The conduction mechanism in electrolytes is dependent on... -
Magnetization depth profiling of thin films of Ni2MnGa
In materials where magnetic and structural transitions are coupled, a number of interesting and useful phenomena are seen, such as the giant magnetocaloric effect (MCE) and... -
Structures of Titanium Dioxide Nanomaterials using Neutron Total Scattering
We propose to examine the structure of anatase titanium dioxide (TiO2) obtained by different synthetic techniques (including hydrothermal and sol-gel) and of different particle... -
Feasibility study of detectability levels of hydrogen, oxygen and silicon in ...
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Local atomic and magnetic structure of multiwall carbon nanotubes continuousl...
We propose to study a novel nanostructure consisting of multi-walled carbon nanotubes continuously filled with a single crystal of Fe3C using total neutron scattering on NIMROD.... -
Unusual polymorphism in sodalites
We have recently observed extraordinary polymorphism on cooling various sodalites under vacuum. Materials undergo a phase transition followed by a fully reversible... -
Ordering in La/W Double Substituted Bismuth Oxide Based Fluorites
Materials that show fast oxide ion conduction have potential applications as electrolytes in devices such as solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs), gas sensors and gas separation... -
Electric field induced magnetisation in BiFeO3 - PbTiO3 thin films
High quality epitaxial films of the multiferroic BiFeO3 - PbTiO3 have been prepared using pulsed laser deposition. Using an electric field, we will induce a ferroelectrically... -
Has residual solvent an impact on the dynamics of PMMA ultra thin films?
Polymeric films thinner than a 100 nm exhibits a variation of the glass transition temperature of a few tens of degrees and can brake up into discrete islands when heated near... -
Phase separation and dewetting of dPS/PVME thin films by specular and off-spe...
We will perform time resolved TOF-reflectivity measurements on deuterated polystyrene (PS) and poly(vinyl methyl ether) (PVME) thin blend films, which has a LCST type phase... -
Surface segregation and topographical excitation in stoichiometric polymer:fu...
We propose to study the kinetics and thermodynamics of polymer:fullerene composite association to provide insight into engineering increased efficiency organic photovoltaics....